ANNE GELLINEK

BUREAU CHIEF OF ZDF BRUSSELS

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When Germans celebrated 25 years of reunification with a huge public party in Brussels, it was Gellinek who shaped and fronted the event in Parc du Cinquantenaire. She shapes how millions of Germans see Brussels everyday as chief of the ZDF television network’s office in the EU capital. With so much of EU policy hanging on German public opinion, from Greek bailouts to an open door for refugees, Gellinek holds one of the most prized journalism roles in the city. Gellinek has been an Olympics TV host, a Moscow correspondent and investigated the long-term effects of Chernobyl.

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